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For me, it was perhaps simple-scan, a very simple and efficient GUI to scan documents. I used it with my Brother printer / scanner and it works like a charm. Especially since I do not scan stuff often, so a program with more complex UI would have the effect that I forget how to use it until the next time.

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[–] IceVAN@beehaw.org 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bash. It has enabled me to automatize a lot of sh*t I wouldn't do just because it would take me a lot of time/efford to do. There's a LOT you can do with a few simple scripts, a few examples:

  • Remove files I don't need (images, rip/conversion logs, empty folders...).
  • Compress and optimize folders of photos recursively.
  • Apply watermarks to photos recursively.
  • Convert filetypes (flac2mp3, pdf2cbr, webm2mp3,web2jpg...).
  • Configure input devices (keyboards, mouse, graphic tablets).
  • Autorename files (spaces to _, . to _, _ to spaces...).
  • Remove audio from videos recursively.
  • Remove audio/subtitle tracks from videos.
  • Download images/videos/audio from websites.
  • Update appimages automatically.
  • Update/cleanup system/repos.
  • Use different theming for different applications.
  • Mount iso/bin... images.
  • Extract zip|rar|tar.gz|.... files automatically.
  • Modify pdfs.
  • Get the weather for my location.
  • Get stats from my PCs to be shown in panel applet.
  • Alias program names to ones of my choosing.
  • Open CUPS config in firefox.
  • Refresh font caches and other management tools I don't care to remember.
  • Fix permissions.
  • Make a backup.
  • Restore a backup.
  • Copy files safely (rsync).
  • Change volume level.
  • Install all the packages and configs I need to make the OS/apps behave/look the way I like.

...you name it...

...in most cases just by typing one word in the terminal. It was kind of a mindblow coming from the crappy window$ crappysystem eons ago.

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[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Used to be Skype but MS just killed that so....

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Probably REAPER

[–] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago
[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago
[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I cannot recall any specific programs besides a game called Feudal Tactics, but I swear I've seen software while looking through EasyFlatpak that surprised me.

[–] djehuti@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bitwig. I'm moving to libre tools like Pd and Ardour, so I didn't renew my license. But it works just like it does on Mac.

Except that it supports touch screens on Wayland, and you can't do that on a Mac.

[–] Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've tried Ardour, but compared to Reaper, I unfortunately just can't use it. Pd is fantastic though!! It's what got me interested in music stuffs in college, man those are memories... making a drum kit in Pd was my first assignment, I remember suffering over the cymbal for hours and hours. Now I'm getting all nostalgic lol

[–] djehuti@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Reaper is nifty, but it's not FOSS, which would be the only reason why I'd give up Bitwig. (I know that's not what the thread asked, but that's my reason for not using Reaper.)

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